C-SPAN3: White House Daily Briefing with Scott McClellan - thread 2

[bill]

keeping the refresh rate low

[mike1963]

1. This sonofabitch is really hard to watch...

:grr:

[bill]

2. Is it just me or..

is Snottie getting redder? :evilgrin:

[kayell]

4. Decidedly pink and damp

[mike1963]

5. Maybe...I think his nose is growing though...

:eyes:
I have to admit he's good at doing what they pay him for - avoid, evade, spin, prevaricate, obfuscate, distraction, rhetorical obscurity, etc.
:grr:

[kayell]

3. This president* learned the lessons that terrorism taught

what a fabulous man * is that he brought us the wonders of the patriot act etc.

[frank frankly]

if they hit him for another twenty minutes he will crack

hit that bastard

[Sparkly]

6. How can he say they thought the threat was entirely overseas??

They had the Hart-Rudman report when, in January??

And supposedly they knew Al Qaeda was a threat (to eliminate not roll back).

Yet they paid no attention to the intel and the FBI memos and the reports and went on vacation in August... Who's buying this crap?

[berner59]

15. nailing Condi!!!!

Saying she once said there was a domestic threat...then said no right after 9/11 and now says yes...hmmm...not a flip flopper????

Now they are saying that Clarke refused to attend meetings...good thing he's on some shows tomorrow...rebutal...

[kayell]

7. Clarke played hookie from condi's meetings

confronted and refused to attend?

[PCIntern]

8. This guys sounds like he's about to have a stroke...

he knows that every word of his is going to be parsed to death. One misstatement and it's his ass in a sling. Not a pretty sight for sure!

I bet the Administration wishes they had Ari around to just smile at the reporters and just re-state that the "President feels..." over and over.

I wasn't this nervous when I proposed marriage...

[anarchy1999]

9. I just now had to walk away. ..........

I feel as though I am on another planet. 2 TV's on, taping the 9-11 Families on C-Span 1, picking up Scotty on the other.

Disbelief. Shock and Awe being visited upon us, the people of the US.

Why?

I think Scott is spending alot of time with Rove, the next few months are going to be hard on us all.

[Kadie]

10. If Clarke refused to attend so called meetings with Condi

and this is such an important issue to bushie and his gang, Why wasn't Clarke fired? :shrug:

[kayell]

11. Hee, hee, hee Reporter quoting Condis words back re: there was

no way we could have imagined planes hitting buildings. But snotty now says it is Clarkes fault.

[CatWoman]

16. LOL, Kayell

see below :D

[CatWoman]

12. oooooooooooooo

who's that throwing Condi's assertions in his face: "There's no way we could have know they would use airplanes as bombs"

[linazelle]

13. Great question....Condi denied knowing anything about planes hitting

buildings post-911 yet she now claims that she asked for a meeting to talk about aviation security while Clarke was there.

Flagrant foul!

[Sparkly]

19. Yup

And Scottie won't say that her statements can be given to the 9/11 committee nor that she can testify.

[librechik]

14. shameless smearing of Clarke

claiming HE was absent from meetings...

So they're going to go the blatant lie and make the press prove otherwise route.

That's a strategy that has been working for years.

Ohm boy, I can't believe these whoppers!! All of a sudden the Bushies were hot for Al Queda! when all acounts up til now claim otherwise!

I suppose they'll get away with this too.

[bill]

17. So Clarke refused to go to meetings?

he was not uninvited

Hammer him WH stenographers!

[underpants]

23. Yes Rice said earlier today that Clarke wasn't in the meetings

Now they are saying that he didn't attend. Wordplay here they aren't saying specifically that he missed them just that he wasn't there.

[eleny]

37. Given how they left O'Neil out of the loop...

...as much as possible, one has to conclude that Clarke was left out as well. Seems like anyone not in lock step with the inner circle mindset was pretty much shunned and treated only as window dressing.

Nice that Clarke is going to be on the talk shows tomorrow. I was hoping for today. But this way, he's giving them a day to give it their best shot. Tomorrow, he can answer his detractors with his laser beam integrity. I can hardly wait.

[kayell]

18. OOO temper, temper

Snotty will NOT be pinned down on the question of Condis testimony

[PurityOfEssence]

How can it be Clinton's fault if they saw fit to continue his policies?

The tactic now is to claim that they were following the former regime's policies "until they could develop one of their own". By saying this, they're saying that Clinton's policies were good, that they were unprepared in the face of something that told them it was urgent and that they really hadn't rated it as a very high priority.

They're on the run now, and that's when they make mistakes. He just said that "all the chatter pointed to an attack abroad". Really? Care to prove that? How much chatter was there? Are foreign attacks just not important?

What a delicious mess. The Press seems to have acquired spines somewhere.

Somehow it's still Clinton's fault.

[Sparkly]

29. Tangled in their own web!

If they did take the warnings seriously, why did they ignore reports, plans, policies, warnings, etc. and go on vacation in August? If they didn't take the warnings seriously, why didn't they?

If they did know airplanes could be used in attacks, why didn't they heed the FBI memo? If they didn't know, why did Condi ask for a meeting about it?

[frank frankly]

20. Q: Condi called a meeting to discuss airline terrorism concerns, but

Chevy then told the press that there was no way anybody could have expected planes to hit a building

[Kadie]

22. I think he really stepped in something there.

Hopefully we will be seeing that in print real soon.

[bill]

21. misdirection!!!

get back on Condi!

[Emboldened Chimp]

24. Who's the bald WH ho?

This guy always asks loaded and leading questions. Does * regret having another Clinton hold-over betray him in public? WTF?

[nostamj]

36. he's a freeper - seriously

goes to FR and brags about his WH appearances

[kayell]

25. Does * have regrets now that Clinton holdovers have been so terribly mean

to him. Snotty: * has always believed in reaching out, elevating discourse, common ground. ROFL :puke: ugh, messy

[JohnyCanuck]

34. Not just Clinton holdovers, Now St. Ronny Raygun holdovers too n/t

n/t

[kayell]

39. Yeah, good ol' Les can be counted on to pop just the desired bit

of spin into the discussion at just the right moment re: Clinton holdovers.

Never mind that Clarke served under 3 repuke admins. :eyes:

[underpants]

26. HOLD IT! He said no record of W being in situation room 9/12

He didn't go to the situation room for the entirety of the day AFTER 9/11??????????????

[underpants]

31. This was the day Clarke says W pulled him aside

The PResident didn't go to the situation room the whole day? That is their defense? He wasn't on the job?

[dpibel]

41. Anybody got Woodward's book?

Since he recorded every orgasmic minute of the 911 aftermath--"Boys," said the fearless, manly President, sounding like the wild Texas cowboy that he is, "let's hunt them mavericks down and lay our brand on 'em."--there should be an account there of whether or not Little Chickenfeathers made his vital strategic thoughts to the situation room.

[Sparkly]

33. Faux cut away

and I don't have CSpan3! :( Keep us posted!

[CatWoman]

27. who is this stupid freeper?

Kerry called someone a SOB, and he wants Bush to do something about it????

[Emboldened Chimp]

35. That's Les...

some right-wing hack who hates Clinton with a passion (don't they all). He's so biased even Lil' Scotty can't take him seriously.

[kayell]

28. Les: Will * let Kerry abuse SS agents?

:splut:

[librechik]

38. How perceptive of him to know Kerry will need Presidential Protection!

especially after today's shameful ass covering performance.

[frank frankly]

30. was that Rush Limbaugh asking that question????

a freeper screamed out something about Did Bush regret how generous offer to be bipartisan now that

another freeper screaming that Kerry should be in HUGE TROUBLE for saying something about a secret service agent

WTF WTF WTF WTF??? asking a question about a NYPost/Faux News book???

A FAUX Plant mentioned some crazy NYPost question. gawd i hope someone else describes this.

it totally killed the whole momentum. guestions are now not about clarke.

i hate the press

[kayell]

32. Back to I/P

Saved in the nick of time scotty

[grasswire]

40. the freeper is Jeff Gannon

...read all about him on my blog http://webdems.blogspot.com. How he got a WH press seat is smelly business.

Les Kinsolving is a radio jock.